{{short description|Swedish film director}} {{refimprove blp|date=May 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Reza Parsa | image = Reza Parsa.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1968|06|09}} | birth_place = Tehran, Iran | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Film director|Screenwriter}} | awards = Ingmar Bergman Award | years_active = 1991 - present }}
'''Reza Parsa''' (born 9 June 1968) is an Iranian-Swedish film director, who has won many national and international awards.
==Early life and education== Reza Parsa was born in Tehran, Iran, on 9 June 1968, and moved to Sweden in 1980.<ref name=sfd>{{cite web | title=Reza Parsa | website=Swedish Film Database | date=9 June 1968 | url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=207403#biography | access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref>
At the age of 22, he was admitted to the directing program at the National Film School of Denmark (1991–95)<ref name=sfd/> and directed the most award-winning (11 awards) graduation film, ''Never (Gränsen)'', in the history of the school.
==Career== ''Before the Storm'' Parsa's first feature film, is a suspense thriller which achieved great critical success and was sold to 35 countries worldwide, including the United States.
Parsa works with screenwriter Johan Bergman Lindfors.
==Awards== Parsa has won many national and international awards, including the Ingmar Bergman Award,<ref name=sfd/> the Student Academy Award (Student Oscar) and prizes in Cannes Film Festival, Brasília, Seattle, Chicago, and San Sebastian.
{| class="wikitable" |- |+ |- | align="left"| Guldbagge Awards, Swedish Film Institute || align="left"| Ingmar Bergman Award (2002)<ref name=sfd/> |- |- | align="left"| Uppsala International Short Film Festival || align="left"| Uppland Film Trust Award |- |- | align="left"| Copenhagen International Film Festival || align="left"| New Nordic Talent |- |- | align="left"| San Sebastian International Film Festival (Youth Jury Award) || align="left"| Best Film |- | align="left"| San Sebastian International Film Festival || align="left"| Best Director (2000)<ref name=sfd/> |- | align="left"| Seattle International Film Festival || align="left"| Special Jury Prize |- | align="left"| Brasília Film Festival || align="left"| Special Jury Prize |- | align="left"| Children and Young People's International Film Festival (BUFF) in Sweden || align="left"| Grand Prix |- | align="left"| Swedish Film Academy: Kurt Linder Memorial Fund Grant || align="left"|(2000)<ref name=sfd/> |- |- | align="left"| Cannes International Film Festival (Young Critics' Award) || align="left"| Best Short Film |- | align="left"| Isfahan International Short Film Festival || align="left"| Best Film |- | align="left"| Chicago International Film Festival || align="left"| Best Short Fiction |- |- | align="left"| Student Academy Award (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science) || align="left"| Student Oscar - Best Foreign Film |- | align="left"| International Student Film Festival in Tel-Aviv || align="left"| Best Director |- | align="left"| National Swedish Television (Sveriges Television) || align="left"| Steen Priwin Award |- | align="left"| Nordic Panorama (Audience Award) || align="left"| Best Film |- | align="left"| Nordic Panorama (Honorary Jury Award) || align="left"| Best First Film |- | align="left"| International School Film Festival in Mexico || align="left"| Best Film |- | align="left"| International School Film Festival in Mexico (Catholic Church Award) || align="left"| Best Film |- | align="left"| Uppsala International Short Film Festival || align="left"| Best Fiction Film |- | align="left"| Henri Langlois International Film Festival || align="left"| Best Director |- | align="left"| International Festival of Film Schools - Munich (Young Talent Award) || align="left"| Best Film (1995)<ref name=sfd/> |- | align="left"| International Festival of Film Schools - Munich || align="left"| Honorary Screenplay Award (1995)<ref name=sfd/> |} {{Clear}}
==Selected filmography== ===Director=== *''The Haga Man (Hagamannen)'' (2009) *''Meeting Evil (Möte med Ondskan)'' (2002) *''Before the Storm (Före Stormen)'' (2000) *''The 8th Song (Den 8:e Sången)'' (1998) *''Tigerheart (Tigerhjärta)'' (1997) *''Never (Gränsen)'' (1995)
===Screenwriter=== *''Meeting Evil (Möte med Ondskan)'' (2002) *''Before the Storm (Före Stormen)'' (2000) *''The 8th Song (Den 8:e Sången)'' (1998) *''Never (Gränsen)'' (1995)
===Concept creator=== *''Aviation'' (2003) *''Belas Dukkehus'' (2003) *''It's All Good'' (2003) *''Min Velsignede Bror'' (2003) *''Det Ulogiske Instrument'' (2003)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0663711}} *{{Sfdb name}}
{{Ingmar Bergman Award}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Parsa, Reza}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish film directors Category:Swedish expatriates in Denmark